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Surgical Documentation Primer SURGICAL DOCUMENTATION PRIMER Communication is critical. It should be efficient, effective and accurate. DOCUMENTATION: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLINICAL & BILLING ELEMENTS Medical billing is a complex process that is rarely mastered in training. Unfortunately, there is also very little education in medical school about the financial and business aspects of medicine. Below are some considerations and information to provide some brief insight into the importance of accurate and complete documentation from a clinical and financial standpoint, as these two entities are intimately linked. As we all, at some point, will be tasked with managing fiscally-sound practices, these tips will help you understand a few of the nuances of writing informative and accurate documentation. For most inpatient care, there is not much additional billing for the day-to-day care of patients who have undergone an operation. This care is bundled into the billing for the operation itself. For example, a patient undergoes a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and stays 5 days in the hospital. Those 5 days of routine postoperative care won’t incur any additional billing from the operative surgeon. Hospital costs will continue to add up during that time however. Insurance companies and third-party payers will likely flag this as something out of the ordinary, and may not pay for those days beyond the norm. The patient is then billed for the extra days directly by the hospital, creating a significant financial burden on the patient, and likely a major loss from the hospital standpoint. However, if the same patient undergoes a laparoscopic cholecystectomy and stays 5 days in the hospital for specific reasons that are well- documented in the progress notes, the third-party payer is much more likely to pay for those days. The operative surgeon doesn’t bill any extra, but because the notes clearly delineate reasons for care each day, hospital and patient billing woes can be mitigated. Similarly, if the patient required a prolonged stay secondary to complex care, accurate documentation is essential to providing quality care in the future. Evaluation and Management (E&M) codes are crucial for initial and subsequent encounter notes (i.e., admission, progress, and clinic) when a surgeon has not operated on a patient. All physicians utilize E&M codes/billing for some patients. A common example is with a patient who has a bowel obstruction, and is managed non-operatively. Because there is no operation, there is no bundled operative bill, so the daily progress notes are the only source of surgeon billing. Again, the details of the patient’s treatment plan are crucial to ongoing care of the patient. Accurate and detailed documentation becomes even more important in the era of frequent hand-offs and transitions of care. The billing and coding system for E&M billing is complex, and changes from time to time based on institutional and governmental mandates. The specific guidelines from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can be found at www.cms.gov. American College of Surgeons Division of Education Page 1 Medical Student Task Force - Surgical Documentation Primer June 2019 PATIENT HISTORY The written documentation of the patient history should reflect the complexity of a given case. For example, if a focused history was taken for an established patient regarding abdominal pain, it would reflect a relatively low level of complexity. This is true even when an extensive workup was performed. However, if an established patient is seen with abdominal pain, and an extensive history was done as part of the workup, the patient’s complexity increases according to third party payers – that is, of course, if it is documented well. Each portion of the history – chief complaint, history of present illness, review of systems, and past medical, surgical, family and social history – has varying levels of billing complexity associated with it. The more elements that are present, the higher the note will bill. It is imperative that the note reflect the level of complexity, and that extra elements are not copied from previous notes or added only for the sake of billing. This cannot be overstated, as documentation practices such as this may constitute fraud. Key Components of the History Past Medical, Chief History of Present Surgical, Family Type of History Complaint Illness Review of Systems and Social History Problem Brief Required N/A N/A Focused 1-3 elements of HPI* Expanded Problem Pertinent Brief Problem Required Only the system N/A 1-3 elements of HPI* Focused included in the HPI* Extended Extended Pertinent System included in 4 elements of HPI* History directly Detailed Required HPI* or 3 chronic related to the plus 2-9 additional conditions problem in the HPI systems Complete Complete Extended At least one element System included in 4 elements of HPI* in each of the past Comprehensive Required HPI* or 3 chronic medical/surgical, plus 10 additional conditions family and social systems histories Adapted from Evaluation and Management Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2017. HPI* = History of Present Illness 1. Chief complaint a. The chief complaint is a concise statement of the patient’s main problem. This may be as brief as 1-2 words, or up to a complete sentence. Very often, this is in the patient’s own words. b. A chief complaint must be included on all billable notes. Without it, the documentation may be rendered invalid by many payers. 2. History narrative a. The History of Present Illness (HPI) is a chronological narrative of the events associated with the present illness. For initial encounter/admission/consult, this includes the patient’s signs and symptoms from their initial development until the present time. For subsequent encounter/progress notes, the HPI includes an interval history, since the patient was last examined, which is typically the previous calendar day, or the previous clinic visit. This is American College of Surgeons Division of Education Page 2 Medical Student Task Force - Surgical Documentation Primer June 2019 the “S” of the classic soap note. For initial encounter/admission/consult notes, several key elements should be included: i. Location ii. Quality iii. Severity iv. Duration v. Timing vi. Context vii. Modifying factors viii. Associated signs and symptoms b. From a billing standpoint, the HPI should include 1-3 elements for lower level billing, while a high billing level would require 4 elements of the above HPI list, or the status of at least 3 chronic conditions. 3. Review of Systems a. The review of systems (ROS) is a comprehensive look at potential issues other than the patient’s main complaint. It includes review of the following systems: i. Constitutional ii. Eyes iii. Ears, nose, mouth, throat iv. Respiratory v. Cardiovascular vi. Gastrointestinal vii. Genitourinary viii. Musculoskeletal ix. Integument x. Neurological xi. Endocrine xii. Hematologic/lymphatic xiii. Allergic/immunologic b. From a billing standpoint, 3 separate tiers are associated with the ROS. A problem focused ROS, includes only one system, while an extended ROS includes review of 2-9 systems, and a comprehensive ROS includes all 14 systems. c. In the past, verbiage such as “noncontributory,” to describe the entire ROS was allowed. This is no longer the case. A list of the systems should be documented as they were reviewed. Systems not reviewed should not be documented. 4. Past Medical, Surgical, Social and Family History a. The surgical history is, unfortunately, often truncated in medical documentation. It is very important to elicit an accurate surgical history from patients, as it can have significant impacts on future surgical care. b. Medical, family and social histories may also hold key information that, if missed, could negatively impact care. Smoking, alcohol, and illicit drug use have adverse effects from a surgical, as a well as medical, standpoint. As such, patients should always be asked to accurately define their use or abuse of these substances. c. From a billing standpoint, the patient complexity can be accurately reflected by documenting elements of these areas. d. A pertinent history consists of one item from any of these areas. A complete history consists of at least one item from all areas. American College of Surgeons Division of Education Page 3 Medical Student Task Force - Surgical Documentation Primer June 2019 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Like the history elements, the physical exam has multiple levels of billing associated with it. The more elements and organ systems present, the higher the note will bill. Again, documentation of the actual exam performed is critical. Copying the physical exam findings from a previous note is unacceptable, and may constitute fraud. Care should be taken to examine organ systems important to the encounter. The cardiovascular and respiratory systems should be examined in almost every patient. Key Components of the Physical Exam Type of Exam Perform & Document Problem Focused 1-5 elements total, in any number of organ systems Expanded At least 6 elements total, in any number of organ systems Problem Focused At least 2 elements, from each of 6 organ systems, Detailed or at least 12 elements in 2 or more organ systems Comprehensive At least 2 elements, from each of 9 organ systems 1. Each organ system in the examination should include at least two modifiers to qualify for comprehensive billing levels. For example, “Respiratory: Normal effort, clear to auscultation,” will suffice. However, if the two modifiers describe the same subsection (i.e., auscultation), they are not counted as a full examination of that particular organ system. In this example, “Respiratory: Clear to auscultation, no rhonchi, rales, or wheezes,” the organ system would not count toward comprehensive billing. While it has more information from a clinical standpoint, from a billing standpoint, it only describes auscultation.
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